Summer is the best time to have sandwiches for dinner. It accompanied a salad with lettuce and tomatoes from my garden. There is enough leftover for another couple of dinners or lunches. They entire house had the amazing aroma of that chuck Roast slowly roasting in my oven for hours.
2 T (30 ml) extra-light olive oil, divided
2 large yellow onion, cut in half and sliced
3 ½ to 4 lb (1.75 to 2 kg) chuck roast, trimmed of excess fat
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 cups (1 litre) Beef broth
1 T (15 ml) liquid beef bouillon concentrate
2 fresh rosemary sprigs
1 T fresh oregano sprigs or freeze-dried
4 cloves garlic, cut in half
Provolone cheese, sliced
Golden peperoncini in jar with juice
Buttered and toasted Italian hoagie rolls
In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat one tablespoon of the oil over medium heat and sauté the onions, for about 20 minutes until caramelized; stirring often.
Remove and set aside in a bowl and cover.
Season the roast on both sides with salt and pepper.
To the same pot, add the other tablespoon of oil and brown the roast on both sides.
When brown, add the Beef Broth or stock, beef concentrate, rosemary, oregano, garlic, and about 3 tablespoons (45 ml) of the juice from the jar of peperoncini.
Cover with a lid and bake in a 275 F (140 C) degree oven for 6 hours.
Remove from oven and carefully transfer roast to a cutting board.
Cut away the string on the roast and let cool a few minutes.
While roast is cooling, pour the beef broth from the pot through a fine mesh strainer into a saucepan. Keep warm on stove.
Using two forks, shred the beef completely and place in a medium saucepan and keep warm on stove. Discard any fat still left on the roast.
To Assemble
Place a generous amount of shredded beef on the bottoms of the toasted rolls.
Add some of the caramelized onions.
Top with cheese and place under a broiler for just a couple of minutes; long enough to melt the cheese.
Top with a few peperoncini, trimmed of stems.
Serve with individual small bowls of the beef juice for dipping the sandwiches.
Serves 6 to 8
This post first appeared on Big Mamma's Italian American Cooking, please read the originial post: here
